Add case expression to SML docs

Show an example of pattern-matching using the case expression.
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@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ contributors:
- ["David Pedersen", "http://lonelyproton.com/"]
- ["James Baker", "http://www.jbaker.io/"]
- ["Leo Zovic", "http://langnostic.inaimathi.ca/"]
- ["Chris Wilson", "http://sencjw.com/"]
---
Standard ML is a functional programming language with type inference and some
@ -266,6 +267,16 @@ fun second_elem (x::y::xs) = y
fun evenly_positioned_elems (odd::even::xs) = even::evenly_positioned_elems xs
| evenly_positioned_elems [odd] = [] (* Base case: throw away *)
| evenly_positioned_elems [] = [] (* Base case *)
(* The case expression can also be used to pattern match and return a value *)
datatype temp =
C of real
| F of real
fun temp_to_f t =
case t of
C x => x * (9.0 / 5.0) + 32.0
| F x => x
(* When matching on records, you must use their slot names, and you must bind
every slot in a record. The order of the slots doesn't matter though. *)